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<div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>2024 CMS Measures Under Consideration (MUC) List Supporting Materials</h3><p>The attachments provided by measure submitters as part of their candidate submissions through the CMS <abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;Measures Under Consideration&lt;/span&gt; is a list of quality and efficiency measures HHS is considering adopting, through the federal rulemaking process, for use in the Medicare program. Made publicly available by December 1 each year for categories of measures that are described in section 1890(b)(7)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act as amended by Section&amp;nbsp;3014 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">MUC</abbr> Entry/Review Information Tool (MERIT) are accessible on this page. These materials are organized by the care setting for each measure submitted to CMS MERIT. You can find detailed information including the MUC ID, the title of each measure, and the programs into which each measure is being adopted.</p><p><strong>Categories of Measures:&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Post-Acute Care/Long-Term Care (PAC/LTC) Measures</li><li>Clinician Measures</li><li>Hospital Measures</li></ul><p>To view the supporting materials for a specific measure, simply click on the title of the measure. A Zip file containing the attachments will automatically be downloaded to your device.</p><h4>2024 MUC List Measures&nbsp;</h4><dl class="ckeditor-accordion"><dt>Post-Acute Care/Long-Term Care (PAC/LTC) Measures</dt><dd><table><thead><tr><th style="text-align:center;">MUC ID</th><th style="text-align:center;">Title</th><th style="text-align:center;">Program(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-054a.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="55639dae-e810-4be9-b4a9-52e842e69b24" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-054a.zip">MUC2024-054a</a>&nbsp;</th><td>CAHPS® Home Health Care Survey Care of Patients&nbsp;</td><td>Home Health Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-054b.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a498713e-ade2-4b89-819d-5a37e0605138" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-054b.zip">MUC2024-054b</a>&nbsp;</th><td>CAHPS® Home Health Care Survey Communications Between Providers and Patients&nbsp;</td><td>Home Health Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-054c.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d1ad00b8-adc3-4f7e-8a6e-61bcb31b7564" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-054c.zip">MUC2024-054c</a>&nbsp;</th><td>CAHPS® Home Health Care Survey Talk About Home Safety&nbsp;</td><td>Home Health Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-054d.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="24f82ded-6610-4219-a8e3-0ca8b41634dc" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-054d.zip">MUC2024-054d</a>&nbsp;</th><td>CAHPS® Home Health Care Survey Review Medicines&nbsp;</td><td>Home Health Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-054e.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="0bbe80eb-d9e9-4396-8bf8-452b0263f2e2" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-054e.zip">MUC2024-054e</a>&nbsp;</th><td>CAHPS® Home Health Care Survey Talk About Medicine Side Effects&nbsp;</td><td>Home Health Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl><dl class="ckeditor-accordion"><dt>Clinician Measures&nbsp;</dt><dd><table><thead><tr><th style="text-align:center;">MUC ID</th><th style="text-align:center;">Title</th><th style="text-align:center;">Programs(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-025.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="f80dcd7b-cb27-42fe-a9af-164d9bc70373" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-025.zip">MUC2024-025</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Diagnostic Delay of Venous Thromboembolism (DOVE) in Primary Care&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-026.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d2341c56-91b0-450a-a13b-b07f90c111be" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-026.zip">MUC2024-026</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Person-Centered <abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;An outcome measure is a measure focusing on the health status of a patient (or change in health status) resulting from health care desirable or adverse.&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">Outcome Measures</abbr>: Goal-Identification, Follow-Up, and Goal Achievement&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-028.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d1a9a65b-db92-4c20-829b-8d9003ae0174" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-028.zip">MUC2024-028</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Screening for Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in Patients at Risk of Developing Diabetes&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-031.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a86c702b-6208-4eb0-bf0d-22259a813325" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-031.zip">MUC2024-031</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): &nbsp;Sustained Virological Response (SVR)&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-049.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="7fbdbecb-c7ef-468e-be8e-4543dfaa1301" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-049.zip">MUC2024-049</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Breast Cancer Screening&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-051.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="9b365371-6c42-46c3-95a2-b6923edfef07" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-051.zip">MUC2024-051</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Prevalent Standardized Waitlist <abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;ratio&lt;/span&gt; is a score derived by dividing a count of one type of data by a count of another type of data (e.g., number of patients with central lines who develop infection divided by the number of central line days). The key to the definition of a &lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;ratio&lt;/span&gt; is that the numerator is not in the denominator.&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">Ratio</abbr> (PSWR)&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-052.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="2fb41bf4-0102-441e-94bc-353ede75ca24" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-052.zip">MUC2024-052</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Social Need Screening and Intervention&nbsp;</td><td>Part C Star Ratings&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-072.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="475ef0a1-fa72-4f1d-892b-8f6071f28c7a" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-072.zip">MUC2024-072</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Addressing Social Needs Assessment &amp; Intervention</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-079.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="015dfffc-bd3e-4084-8206-6d0f4b8d181a" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-079.zip">MUC2024-079</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Assessment of Autonomic Dysfunction and Follow-up&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-080.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="546a4eeb-1a9c-4738-aaef-17ce48874694" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-080.zip">MUC2024-080</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Patient Reported Falls and Plan of Care&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-081.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="28e5231e-e076-4879-8409-2ff695865cc6" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-081.zip">MUC2024-081</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Adult Immunization Status (AIS-E)&nbsp;</td><td>Part C Star Ratings&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-082.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="11f71eed-0cef-427d-b4b7-3f86eef742f0" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-082.zip">MUC2024-082</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Cancer Screening and Counseling <abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;PROs are status reports on a patients health condition or health behavior that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patients response by a clinician or anyone else. This definition reflects the key domains of health-related quality of life (including functional status), symptoms and symptom burden (e.g., pain, fatigue), and health behaviors (e.g., smoking, diet, exercise). (Adapted from the Food and Drug Administration &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM193282.pdf&quot;&gt;Guidance for Industry PRO Measures: Use in Medical Product Development to Support Labeling Claims&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">Patient-Reported Outcome</abbr>-Based Measure (<abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;A patient-reported outcome-based performance measure (PRO-PM) is a performance measure that is based on patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) data aggregated for an accountable health care entity. Measured entities collect the data directly from the patient using the PROM tool, which can be an instrument, scale, or single-item measure.&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">PRO-PM</abbr>)&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-084.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="1a037866-df42-4813-b08e-09a5dd10b1c3" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-084.zip">MUC2024-084</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Quality of Life Outcome for Patients with Neurologic Conditions&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-088.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="df0926c7-71dd-4a3c-bbc4-cf77c9d598b9" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-088.zip">MUC2024-088</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Depression Screening and Follow-Up for Adolescents and Adults (DSF)&nbsp;</td><td>Part C Star Ratings&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-100.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="ceae536a-fe76-41bf-9603-2f93059cace7" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-100.zip">MUC2024-100</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Non-Pressure Ulcers&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-101.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a7be443f-a7a4-4887-ba1c-c601767254e8" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-101.zip">MUC2024-101</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Parkinsons Syndromes, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)&nbsp;</td><td>Merit-based Incentive Payment System&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl><dl class="ckeditor-accordion"><dt>Hospital Measures&nbsp;</dt><dd><table><thead><tr><th style="text-align:center;">MUC ID</th><th style="text-align:center;">Title</th><th style="text-align:center;">Program(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-027.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="058af324-2109-4062-8cb9-1dc2a47f1aac" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-027.zip">MUC2024-027</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Patient Safety <abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;A structure measure, also known as a structural measure, is a measure assessing features of a health care organization or clinician relevant to its capacity to provide health care.&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">Structural Measure</abbr>&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program;<br>Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program;<br>Prospective Payment System-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-030.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="8f34000d-d5dc-4ae5-ab35-0f6da2143bd6" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-030.zip">MUC2024-030</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate (RSRR) Following Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Hospitalization&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-032.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="531bd4ee-73fe-46e5-8ceb-03300333e1a0" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-032.zip">MUC2024-032</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital 30-day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate (RSRR) Following Heart Failure (HF) Hospitalization&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-034.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="da9c30d6-66b0-484d-8998-94ee4d627a4e" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-034.zip">MUC2024-034&nbsp;</a></th><td>Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel&nbsp;</td><td>Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-040.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="3fca0862-d484-48c3-b206-d5cdf75cef9b" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-040.zip">MUC2024-040</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate (RSRR) Following Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Hospitalization&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-041.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="9ef07a4d-0d3f-4287-9315-bde67dc737e0" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-041.zip">MUC2024-041</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital-Level, 30-Day, Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate (RSRR) Following Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-042.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="65ff5310-1be8-4ade-bdd1-b7822afd81d4" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-042.zip">MUC2024-042</a> &nbsp;</th><td>Hospital-Level, Risk-Standardized Complication Rate (RSCR) Following Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program;<br>Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program;<br>Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-043.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="3030d5a6-dc22-40f1-8e17-c088ef5322e8" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-043.zip">MUC2024-043</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized <abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;Mortality&lt;/span&gt; is the number of deaths in a given time or place, the proportion of deaths to population. “Death rate” is also called “&lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;mortality&lt;/span&gt; rate.”&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">Mortality</abbr> Rate (RSMR) Following Acute Ischemic Stroke Hospitalization with Claims-Based <abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;Risk adjustment&lt;/span&gt; is a mathematical model applied to a quality measure correcting for differing characteristics within a population, such as patient health status. Its purpose is a fairer and more accurate comparison of outcomes of care across health care organizations or clinicians. Measure developers usually apply &lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;risk adjustment&lt;/span&gt; models to outcome and cost/resource use measures.&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">Risk Adjustment</abbr> for Stroke Severity&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program;<br>Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-045.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="f50a09c7-da81-46e8-8d02-51e369cad7af" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-045.zip">MUC2024-045</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate (RSRR) Following Pneumonia Hospitalization&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-046.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="87f89fb9-034c-4bfb-a387-8cd3f792d682" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-046.zip">MUC2024-046</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate (RSRR) Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-060.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="37552c91-7d5c-43f9-b2de-4e7c8ef99f6a" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-060.zip">MUC2024-060</a>&nbsp;</th><td>In-Center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ICH CAHPS) Survey - Quality of Dialysis Center Care and Operations (QDCCO) measure&nbsp;</td><td>End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-067.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="9a365180-5919-421a-9e35-fcbef954521f" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-067.zip">MUC2024-067</a>&nbsp;</th><td><abbr tabindex="0" title="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;span class=&quot;glossify-exclude&quot;&gt;proportion&lt;/span&gt; is a score derived by dividing the number of cases meeting a criterion for quality (i.e., the numerator) by the number of eligible cases within a given time frame (i.e., the denominator) where the numerator cases are a subset of the denominator cases (e.g., percentage of eligible women with a mammogram performed in the last year).&lt;/p&gt; " class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">Proportion</abbr> of Patients who Died From Cancer Admitted to the ICU in the Last 30 Days of Life&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-068.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="69b07a0d-aca2-4075-937f-0ef7896599c9" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-068.zip">MUC2024-068</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Proportion of Patients who Died from Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in the Last 14 Days of Life&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-069.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="286f8782-17ae-41d1-a0bb-1c9a4616dd8f" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-069.zip">MUC2024-069</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Addressing Social Needs Assessment &amp; Intervention</td><td>Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program;<br>Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program;<br>Prospective Payment System-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-073.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a8568070-0a12-411e-8490-f70b07d1f3fb" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-073.zip">MUC2024-073</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Patient Understanding of Key Information Related to Recovery After a Facility-Based Outpatient Procedure or Surgery, Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measure (Information Transfer PRO-PM)&nbsp;</td><td>Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-074.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="7426f69b-4d54-424b-8c55-9130e82eba9c" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-074.zip">MUC2024-074</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Median Time to Pain Medication for Patients with a Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) with Vaso-Occlusive Episode (VOE)&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program;<br>Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-075.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="251e1a32-7e0e-4295-905e-df36e64ba508" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-075.zip">MUC2024-075</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Emergency Care Capacity and Quality (ECCQ)&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-078.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="ea640fbc-ba26-4997-bbbf-08178684e67a" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-078.zip">MUC2024-078</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Proportion of Patients who Died from Cancer Admitted to Hospice for Less than 3 Days</td><td>Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program;<br>Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-085.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="b76eef20-7f1d-4983-a2e4-7fa22d7f07c2" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-085.zip">MUC2024-085</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Hospital Harm Anticoagulant-Related Major Bleeding&nbsp;</td><td>Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program;<br>Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program;<br>Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/sites/default/files/MUC2024-095.zip" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="f238bebc-8746-4c38-97b3-251f20de5227" data-entity-substitution="media" title="MUC2024-095.zip">MUC2024-095</a>&nbsp;</th><td>Emergency Care Capacity and Quality (ECCQ)&nbsp;</td><td>Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl></div>
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